Example sentences of "the [noun] [v-ing] [pron] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now you should have picked up the signs directing you back to the Cat & Fiddle . |
| 2 | As for Zen , any day now he would receive a telegram from the Ministry summoning him back to Rome , and that would be that . |
| 3 | On T V last week there was a programme , tuberculosis has come back into Britain , said it was the Asians bringing it back . |
| 4 | He held her close , one hand at her waist , the other supporting her back , his fingers stroking at the base of her neck , sending delightful shivers , signals of desire , up and down her spine . |
| 5 | Now , thirty years later , lying rigid , her eyes fixed on the sky , she remembered that single word , his eyes looking into hers , his hands on her shoulders , the bark of the tree scraping her back through her Aertex shirt . |
| 6 | After all , they removed it from the custody of its owner and , prima facie , they should bear the responsibility for any damage which occurs between that time and the owner getting it back . |
| 7 | The frequency of any vibrating system is governed by two factors : the forces pulling it back into the equilibrium position , and its mass . |
| 8 | Sanjurjo perished at the very outset when the plane taking him back to Spain from his Portuguese exile crashed on take-off . |
| 9 | It was Hibs and not Rangers who looked as if they were the ones holding something back for a bigger midweek game to come . |
| 10 | He heard the Direktor calling them back to work again , and he crossed to Ingrid who was nervously studying her score , her lips moving as yet again she went over the part she already knew in minute detail . |
| 11 | The thieves had obviously been back and forth over the ravine ferrying everything back to their car . |